Rogelio and his daughter Michel Simbaña of the Kitu-Kara Nation share with us their experiences of 20 years, starting with a mini organic garden and growing up to two interconnected farms in different ecosystems, their work with their local community preserving the Sacred Mountain Ilaló, and the organic shop they opened in February, just in time for the Covid-related food crisis.

Rogelio was born and raised as a poor indigenous farmer. When he was…

The transformation of the food system relies on the effective organising of locally rooted movements and struggles around the world. This work is impossible without challenging approaches rooted in the dominance of colonial languages (in particular English, French and Spanish) and without structures and platforms that ensure and facilitate for everyone’s voices and languages to be heard.

Agroecology at its heart respects the traditions and linguistic heritage of diverse land based cultures. Therefore, it…

La transformación del sistema alimentario reposa en la organización eficaz de movimientos y luchas de origen local en todo el mundo. Este trabajo sería imposible sin cuestionar enfoques basados en la dominación de los idiomas coloniales (sobre todo el inglés, francés y español), y sin estructuras y plataformas que aseguren y faciliten que se oigan las voces y los idiomas de todas las personas.

La agroecología en sus más profundos valores respeta las tradiciones…

**Many apologies, this session has now been cancelled due to ill health.**

Richard Perkins is an innovative farmer, educator and the author of the widely acclaimed manual Regenerative Agriculture. He is also the co-owner of Ridgedale Farm in Sweden where he teaches farm-scale permaculture. His blogs have been viewed more than 9 million times and he has over 100,000 Youtube subscribers for his live trainings and online courses.

Richard spent 2020, talking with past students…

Competition for land and water around the world is growing due to surging global demand for minerals and metals critical to transitions in the energy, industry and military sectors. Mining corporations and states are on a collision course with their own citizens, and with farming and fishing communities in particular.

In this session we will hear from community representatives on the frontlines of struggles in Finland, Colombia and Ireland to prevent mining from destroying…

La carrera por la tierra y el agua en todo el mundo está creciendo, debido a la emergente demanda global de minerales y metales, que resultan críticos para las transiciones del sector energético, industrial y militar. Las empresas de extracción minera y los estados están camino de colisionar con sus propios ciudadanos y, sobre todo, con las comunidades agrícolas y pesqueras.

En esta sesión, escucharemos a representantes de comunidades que se encuentran en primera…

The IALAs (Instituto Agroecológico Latinoaméricano, or Latin American Institute of Agroecology) are a process led by La Via Campesina to train young people from social movement organizations in agroecology. Agroecology is the farming model that rescues peasant and indigenous culture, ensures the construction of food sovereignty, and the only model that can cool the planet in a time of climate disaster.

In this talk, we will hear about the history of the constructions of…

Los IALA (Instituto Agroecológico Latinoamericano) son un proceso dirigido por La Vía Campesina para capacitar a jóvenes de movimientos sociales en agroecología. Agroecología es el modelo agrícola que rescata las culturas campesinas e indígenas, asegurando la construcción de la soberanía alimentaria y el único modelo que puede enfriar el planeta en tiempos de desastres climáticos.

En esta charla escucharemos sobre la historia de construcción de los IALA a nivel latinoamericano y la metodología de…

Smallholder farmers in the global south represent some of the world’s most financially underserved communities. Often these farmers struggle to balance subsistence farming with the desire to invest in cash crops that would allow for increased income. By contrast, institutional and other private ethical, social and impact investors find it difficult to identify and support investment-ready smallholder farmer pipelines, primarily using private debt and private equity. Consequently, the tendency has been to invest in mid-sized…